St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS.

The oyster had grown to twice the size OF
the ink bottle.
A freight train on the Memphis Il:
Charleston road was wrecked near Tus
cumbia, Ala. a few nights ago. Engineer
MahOney and his fireman were killed and
the conductor and Il section boss were
wounded.
Walter Dement,, a popular and dcserv-
ing young farmer Of Grenada County,
Miss, was Shot down or assassinatcd
few nights ago by George Gardner. The
affair created intense excitement. Gard.
ner made his es cape.
The negro church in Dodd City, Tex, and
the stable Of City Marshal Frank Mcdowell
were burned few nights ago This makes
the fourth fire believed to be the work OF
an incendiary which had occurred in that
community in a few days The total loss
will reach over s. 900.
A sensation was created in MontgOm cry,
Ala, a few nights ago by the finding Of a
baby which had been deserted by its
mother. 1t is a white male child, two Or
three months old. It was found well clad
and wrapped in blanket lying on the
steps of a Catholic convent
a whole family Of negroes were assas-
sinated in Alfalfa County, Miss, few
nights ago.
A brutal murder occurred in the north
end of Hamilton County, Tenn, few
days ago. Two young men named Pleas
Fryer and Buck jackson became involved
in a difficulty, but were separated, and
the trouble was supposed to be at al end.
Fryer, however, crept up behind Jackson,
and. placing the muzzle OF a pistol at his
head, fired. Jackson fell a corpse. Fryer
has been captured.
William Beard. living in the Thirteenth
district OF Montgomery County, Tenn,
was arrested d few nights ago for severe
II beating his wife and breaking her arm.
His wife states that Beard recently es-
capped from the Centerville jail, where he
was confined for holding the feet Of
stepson to a fire until they Were horribly
burned.
Representative of twenty Texas coun
ties comprising the droug htstricken dis
trict, met at Albany, Tex, u few days
since, and asked the Legislature for help.
Robert Beasley and Raymond Murphy
were lynched by mob in Warren County,
Miss, the cause being murdc".
Several hundred poor citizens of Charles
ton, S. c., were given the material for
Christmas dinners by means Of 800 sent
from Washington and $500 subscribed IN
New York.
Sheriff Poindexter, of Lincoln County.
Tenn, arrested Newton Smith a few days
since for the murder Of Colonel Lock
twenty years ago 1t is said that impor-
tant evidence against the accused has
been found after such long time.
The first seizure of bogus butter shipped
to Georgia was made by Collector Cren
shaw few days ago, being ten packages,
containing 40 pounds. 1t was manu-
facturad in Chicago and shipped to al. At
lanta customer as pure butter. A case
will be made against the offending Er.n, in
which the law will be fully tested
The senatorial race in Texas is tGtally
devoid of acrimonv or personal il:-Wlll.
Senator Maxey, Judge Reagan, Governor
Ireland and Judge Terrin are all on pleas
ant personal terms. No charges are
brought against Maxey. It is simply con-
tended by the friends of the other candi-
dates that he has been sufficiently re-
warded by the two terms he has had irfssadas1
Senate, and should now give way.
Sarah Lilliard, an aged negro woman,
lives in a lonely hovel near the outskirts
of San Antonio, Tex, and while sleeping
few nights ago her bed-clothes, from some
cause unknown, caught fire and burned
her almost TO a crisp. She was still alive
when found, though flesh was dropping
off her in great masses, and she died
shortly afterwards.
The thirty-eight messenger boys en-
ployed by the Western Union telegraph
office at Louisville, KY, struck few days
ago for a half cent extra per message.
They had been receiving two cents per
message. After fighting the Gould corpo-
ration for one hour the boys discovered
that their withdrawal did not stop the
telegraph service Of the world, and they
begged to be taken back at the old rate
All. Smith, of Mayesville, S. c., went
to Columbia. few days ago, on business,
and stopped with friend, Mr.. Krentzlin.
The next morning he did not come from
his room. At two o'clock in the after
noon his room was opened and Smith was
found in his bed, unconscious. He had
neglected to turn off the gas, which he
had probably blown out. He fingered for
several hours and then died. This is tho
third case of asphyxia which has occurred
in Columbia during the past year.
A disastrous fire occurred a few days
ago near Refuge Mills, one mile south of
Vicksburg, Miss. The Refuge store and
an adjacent residence belonging to Mrs.
NJ E. Welborne were destroyed. Nothing
was saved from either building. Loss
about $1,000; insurance on store not
known; on residence, sl65o. The fire is
supposed to be the work of an incendiary.
The inmates of both buildings barely es-
capped with their lives.
Sam Black, colored, and his two children
were burned to death in Blacks house,
Charleston, S. c., few nights ago. Black
mad been under the influence Of liquor and
had fallen into the large fireplace while
attempting to rise from the floor. He was
too much intoxicated to extricate himself,
and in his struggles scattered fire all
around the room and set fire to the house.
His little children, two and four years of
age, were found in what were the corners
of the room burned to q crisn rTley had